Oil and Gas

Advanced drilling concepts for economical access to resources

Sandia’s primary focus has been on the development of improved drilling and completion technologies such as drilling diagnostics, high temperature electronics, advanced drilling, and wellbore integrity to reduce and mitigate problems associated with circulation loss.

Patents & Applications (19)

Title	Patent Number	Grant Date
System and method thermopile energy harvesting for subsurface well bore sensors	11,319,779	05/03/2022
Methods and Computer Program Products for Locating and Characterizing Clutter in Large Spaces	11,010,513	05/18/2021
SURFACE BLOCKING AGENTS	10,894,913	01/19/2021
MOLECULAR TRACERS AND MODIFIED PROPPANTS FOR MONITORING UNDERGROUND FLUID FLOWS	10,871,066	12/22/2020
Ducted fuel injection	10,801,395	10/13/2020
Simulating current flow through a well casing and an induced fracture	10,767,465	09/08/2020
Low pressure drop advanced swirl technology gas filter	10,537,839	01/21/2020
Fluid driven drilling motor	10,385,616	08/20/2019
Additive-mixing fuel-injection system for internal combustion engines	10,202,929	02/12/2019
Ducted fuel injection	10,161,626	12/25/2018
Ducted fuel injection with ignition assist	10,138,855	11/27/2018
Ducted fuel injection	9,909,549	03/06/2018
Support system, excavation arrangement, and process of supporting an object	9,719,349	08/01/2017
Self-assembling segmented coiled tubing	9,453,376	09/27/2016
Method for operating homogeneous charge compression ignition engines using conventional gasoline	8,689,767	04/08/2014
Reduced-impact sliding pressure control valve for pneumatic hammer drill	8,176,995	05/15/2012
Microfabricated fuel heating value monitoring device	7,708,943	05/04/2010
Impedance-matched drilling telemetry system	7,362,235	04/22/2008
Method for control of NOx emission from combustors using fuel dilution	7,162,864	01/16/2007

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